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Turkish tour operators plan to initiate new flights to Azerbaijan

13 April 2017 17:00 (UTC+04:00)
Turkish tour operators plan to initiate new flights to Azerbaijan

By Laman Ismayilova

The Turkish Summertour and Coral Travel tour operators intend to initiate flights from Azerbaijan to the Turkish city of Bodrum, the Turkish media reported on April 13.

Summertour is expected to initiate charter flights from Azerbaijan to Bodrum seven days a week, while Coral Travel intends to initiate flights to Bodrum twice a week from May.

Tour operators expect a lot of Azerbaijani tourists to visit Bodrum this year.

Summertour also plans to initiate direct flights from Azerbaijan to Turkey’s Alanya beach resort city in 2018.

More than 600,000 Azerbaijani tourists visited Turkey in 2016, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute.

Azerbaijani tourists often travel to Turkey for vacation in July and August. Turkey which provides high-quality and inexpensive vacation for many international tourists has long ago become one of the most favorite destinations for many Azerbaijanis.

Other popular destinations of Azerbaijanis include Georgia and European countries.

The number of foreigners visiting Turkey dropped to 25.3 million in 2016. That is a 30 percent drop compared to 2015.

Turkey’s tourism revenue dropped to $22.1 billion in 2016, a 29.7 percent decrease compared to 2015, as the number of foreign arrivals to the country witnessed a dramatic plunge, the official data showed.

Turkey’s Tourism Ministry confirmed that the drop is correlated to a number of terrorist attacks and to the “failed” military coup on July 15, 2016.

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